A Dallas grand jury indicated 39-year-old Wesley Mathews on capital murder charges last year, after an official autopsy report revealed his adopted daughter, 3-year-old Sherin Mathews, died from homicidal violence. Testimony began Monday afternoon in a Dallas courtroom. The case gained national attention after Mathews claimed he put the little girl outside at 3 a.m. …
The lawyer for a man accused of tampering with evidence in connection with the disappearance of Connecticut mom Jennifer Dulos, says that woman wrote her own “Gone Girl” style novel before disappearing. New York Post reports that Norm Pattis, a lawyer for Jennifer’s estranged husband, Fotis Dulos, stated Jennifer wrote a 500-page manuscript years ago …
In an attempt to find her mother, Forsyth County, Georgia, authorities released photos of a newborn baby they named “India” after finding her abandoned in a secluded wooded area around two weeks ago. As CrimeOnline previously reported, residents who live in a rural, secluded home off of Daves Creek Road in Forsyth County came home …
California police are offering a large reward in hopes that someone can help them identify the person who hit a 91-year-old Holocaust survivor out walking his dog, Leelah. The Los Angeles Times reports the incident happened at a marked crosswalk close to Magnolia Boulevard and Wilkinson Avenue in Los Angeles’ Valley Village area, at around …
South Carolina police are searching for a possible missing woman after a dog dug up a human bone in its owner’s back yard. The State reports that a homeowner in Seneca contacted police on Monday after he couldn’t determine whether the bone the dog dug up was human or of an animal. Authorities arrived at …
A Massachusetts woman was found not guilty of murder Thursday in a decision that apparently even surprised the defendant herself. Boston Globe reports that a Worcester County judge found 35-year-old Erika Murray not guilty of second-degree murder in connection with the deaths of babies found decomposing inside a closet in her Blackstone home in 2014. …
Teen best friends, Abby Williams and Libby German killed while out walking trails in broad daylight in Delphi, Indiana. One of the girls snaps a cell phone photo of the suspect, who has never been caught. Two years later, the families are still searching for answers in this mystery which has gripped the nation. The …
Georgia investigators say the wife of a renowned lawyer took great measures to cover up his death, but what they found during an autopsy confirmed the man’s death wasn’t an accident. AJC reports that the body of commercial real estate attorney, 58-year-old Gary Farris, was found by his adult son earlier this month, in a …
A Tennessee man found with a severed human torso in his car is out of jail, but prosecutors are hoping to revoke his bond after learning he had a previous DUI conviction. Knox News reports that 29-year-old Dorrae Johnson was arrested earlier this week and charged with vehicular homicide, felony evading arrest and driving with …
Although he lived in a small one-bedroom home in Los Angeles with his wife and children, a stepfather said he had no idea his wife kept her 11-year-old son locked away in a closet for three years. NBC Los Angeles reports that during the preliminary hearing of a murder trial in connection with the death …
Washington police are searching for a man who allegedly attacked the same victim he previously raped. Authorities believe he is still in the same area, hiding out. KIRO 7 reports that 35-year-old Francisco Carranza-Ramirez was released from jail last Thursday and on Sunday, returned to the victim’s home in White Center and beat her, according …
Five years after a Georgia man left his toddler son inside a hot car for eight hours, he’s still hoping to be released from prison one day and awaiting his court date after filing an appeal. AJD reports that Justin Ross Harris still insists that his son Cooper’s death was an accident. Harris said he …
